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Online Publication Date: 26 Feb 2010

A New Species of the Scinax perpusillus Group (Anura: Hylidae) from Espírito Santo, Brazil

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Page Range: 97 – 102
DOI: 10.1643/CH-08-181
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Abstract

A new species of the Scinax perpusillus group is described from southern Espírito Santo, Brazil. It differs from the other ten species of the group in having the dorsum of body and limbs densely covered by prominent granules (smooth or with scattered irregular warts in all other species of the group) and in lacking any trace of markings on dorsum, inguinal region, and hidden surfaces of hindlimbs (present in all other species of the group). The new species is known only from the type locality. Unpigmented nuptial pads, never previously reported for the group, are present in all studied species (nine of eleven included in the group). Inguinal glands are easily visible in the new species, S. alcatraz, and S. littoreus.

Copyright: 2010 by the American Society of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists
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Fig. 1

Scinax belloni, holotype (CFBH 9733), in preservative. Snout–vent length 23.0 mm.

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Fig. 2

Scinax belloni, holotype (CFBH 9733). (A) Head in dorsal view; (B) head in lateral view; (C) left hand in ventral view; (D) left foot in ventral view.

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Scinax belloni, female paratype (CFBH 9727 or 9728). Notice the granules covering the dorsal surface of body and limbs.

Contributor Notes

Associate Editor: T. W. Reeder.

1 División Herpetología, Museo Argentino de Ciencias Naturales—CONICET, Angel Gallardo 470, 1405 Buenos Aires, Argentina; E-mail: julian@macn.gov.ar. Send reprint requests to this address.
2 Departamento de Zoologia, Instituto de Biociências, Universidade Estadual Paulista, Rio Claro, São Paulo, CEP 13506-900, Brazil.
3 Departamento de Ecologia & Recursos Naturais, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Vitória, Espírito Santo, CEP 29060-900, Brazil.
Received: 03 Oct 2008
Accepted: 31 Jul 2009
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